Lori Carlson-Hijuelos Follow

Lori Carlson-Hijuelos is an editor, translator, and writer whose career began at the Americas Society in New York City. She is the anthologist of many books, most notable among them Cool Salsa and Red Hot Salsa. She is also the author of three novels, including The Sunday Tertulia.

Oscar Hijuelos was one of America’s finest novelists of the late 20th century. He was the first American of Latino ethnicity, specifically Cuban-American, to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for his beloved novel, The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love. Among his other works is his acclaimed Mr. Ives’ Christmas, which reveals his Christian faith in the tradition of Catholicism.